Evalina

Gustavo Antonelli
Hi mates,
I'm sorry I didn't published earlier, but I was very busy with my work. Hope you like my 1/72 version of "Evalina"

Thomas Bischoff
well done Gustavo! Where did you get the decals from?

Gustavo Antonelli
Hi Thomas, thank you! I built them at home! I used Inkscape SVG graphics software, and printed on Testor decal paper with my old HP C5200 inkjet printer. This is the only added value to the building, everything else is OOB.

Thomas Bischoff
great work - doing your own decals makes the build special and unique.

Gustavo Antonelli
Thank you! 🙂 👍

Hanno Kleinecke
Great subject with an unusual story, well done Gustavo !
Do you know what happened to the poor guy Strawbridge , after he flew the plane into the Japanese airfield ? No fun for him I guess......

Gustavo Antonelli
Hi Hanno, thank you 🙂. In fact, I got two different versions of the story. At mustang.gaetanmarie...20P-51%20Mustang.htm I read that the Mustang was flown by Strawbridge (the story more or less is replied in many sites), but if you take a look here: sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=42138.0 and here:ww2aircraft.net/foru..1-combat-7256-3.html, it is stated that the pilot of the Evalina that day was 2nd Lt Sam McMillan, who survived the war, and lived at least upto the 2000. These later ones seem more truthful for me.

Gustavo Antonelli
Here this is perhaps the best summary, with some words from McMillan himself. Sorry, it is in spanish: alejandro-8.blogspot..urado-por-japon.html. I think that this is a direct translation of Mr. Sakaida article.

Gustavo Antonelli
alejandro-8.blogspot..urado-por-japon.html
I don't know why the link in the above comment is not working.